Proactive Investors - Flights have been grounded, banks and IT systems crippled and a TV station forced off air after Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)'s Windows platform was hit by what reports are calling a "flawed anti-viral update".
A cloud services outage overnight caused chaos in the US. No sooner was this resolved than massive IT problems hit Australia, which appear to have spread to Europe.
In the UK this morning, viewers expecting to tune into Sky News at 6 am were greeted with a static message apologising for a 'disruption' to the service.
The message stated: "We apologise for the interruption to this broadcast. We hope to restore the transmission of Sky News shortly."
Meanwhile, Microsoft announced on its social media accounts that it was "investigating an issue impacting users' ability to access various Microsoft 365 apps and services."
Microsoft users worldwide have expressed their frustration and confusion on social media as they experienced similar shutdowns on their computers.